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💿 Release Details
Artist: Saint
Title: Time's End – 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition
Label: Retroactive Records
Catalog Number: RRCD2261
UPC: 732131700336
Format: Deluxe Collector's Edition CD
Packaging: Jewel Case + Collector's Slipcase O-Card + 12-Page Booklet
Limited Edition: ONLY 500 COPIES
Original Release: 1986
40th Anniversary Edition: 2026
Remastered by: Rob Colwell
Exclusive Retrospective: Richard Lynch
Bonus Tracks: FIVE newly re-recorded Saint classics
Collector Bonus: Exclusive Limited Collector Card
⭐ Key Collector Details
✔ Official 40th Anniversary 1986–2026 Collector's Edition
✔ Strictly limited to ONLY 500 COPIES
✔ Deluxe Collector's Slipcase O-Card
✔ Expanded 12-page booklet
✔ Includes an exclusive Limited Collector Card
✔ Newly remastered by Rob Colwell
✔ FIVE newly re-recorded bonus tracks added to the original album
✔ Includes new recordings of "In the Night," "Island Prisoner," "Through You," "Primed & Ready" and "Phantom of the Galaxy / Steel Killer"
✔ The newly recorded "Phantom of the Galaxy / Steel Killer" is an epic, nearly NINE-MINUTE track
✔ Exclusive 524-word retrospective written by founding Saint bassist Richard Lynch
✔ Packed with classic Saint imagery, history, lyrics and credits
📖 Saint – Time's End: 40 Years of Christian Metal History
There are Christian metal albums that are remembered fondly – and then there are albums that helped define what Christian heavy metal could be. Saint's Time's End belongs firmly in the latter category.
Originally released in 1986, Time's End captured Saint delivering uncompromising traditional heavy metal at a pivotal moment in the development of the Christian metal scene. With the commanding vocals of Josh Kramer, the guitar work of John Mahan, the bass and songwriting foundation of Richard Lynch, and the powerful drumming of Brian Willis, Saint created an album whose muscular riffs, soaring vocals and unmistakable metal attack have endured for four decades.
"In the Night," "Island Prisoner," "Space Cruiser," "Time's End," "Primed & Ready," "Destroyers," "Phantom of the Galaxy" and "Steel Killer" helped establish an album that would become an essential part of Saint's legacy. The combination of melody, aggression, apocalyptic imagery and classic 1980s heavy metal made Time's End an album Christian metal fans would continue discovering and celebrating long after its original release.
But the finished album tells only part of the story.
For this special 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition, founding member Richard Lynch contributes an exclusive 524-word retrospective taking fans behind the scenes of the album's creation. Lynch recalls the lineup changes surrounding the record, John Mahan's departure and eventual return, Dee Harrington's time with the band, drummer problems that left Saint arriving at Falcon Studio without a drummer, and engineer Dave Loar bringing in Brian Willis to perform the drum tracks.
And then there was the clock.
Saint had a budget that gave them just two weeks to record nine songs.
Out of those circumstances came an album that would outlive the uncertainty surrounding its creation and become one of the defining releases in the Saint catalog.
Lynch's retrospective eventually brings the story forward nearly four decades. As Saint prepared to return to Europe in 2025, another generation of musicians who had grown up as Saint fans were now helping carry this music forward. Songs created during a turbulent period in the band's history were still being rehearsed, performed and celebrated nearly forty years later.
For the 40th Anniversary CD, Saint has gone considerably further than simply remastering the original album.
FIVE songs have been newly re-recorded and added to the end of the CD: "In the Night," "Island Prisoner," "Through You," "Primed & Ready," and an epic combination of "Phantom of the Galaxy / Steel Killer" that runs nearly nine minutes.
These aren't old demos, alternate mixes or archival leftovers. Saint returned to this material four decades later and recorded the songs again, giving fans the opportunity to hear classic Time's End material revisited by Saint forty years after the original sessions. Together, the five recordings form a substantial bonus program and create a fascinating bridge between the Saint of 1986 and the band carrying this music forward today.
Retroactive Records completes the package with the presentation a landmark anniversary deserves: newly remastered audio, five newly re-recorded bonus tracks, a deluxe 12-page booklet featuring Richard Lynch's exclusive 524-word retrospective, a Collector's Slipcase O-Card, and an exclusive Limited Collector Card.
It's a fitting celebration of an album whose title suggested an ending while its legacy proved to be anything but.
40 years. Five newly recorded classics. Deluxe slipcase. 12-page booklet. Limited Collector Card. Only 500 copies.
Saint – Time's End lives on.
🎵 Track Listing
ORIGINAL 1986 ALBUM
1. In the Night
2. Island Prisoner
3. Space Cruiser
4. Through You
5. Time's End
6. Primed & Ready
7. Destroyers
8. Phantom of the Galaxy
9. Steel Killer
40TH ANNIVERSARY BONUS TRACKS – NEWLY RE-RECORDED
10. In the Night
11. Island Prisoner
12. Through You
13. Primed & Ready
14. Phantom of the Galaxy / Steel Killer
Five classic Saint tracks newly re-recorded for the 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition. Track 14 is an epic, nearly nine-minute combination of "Phantom of the Galaxy" and "Steel Killer."
🎶 Song Titles
In the Night / Island Prisoner / Space Cruiser / Through You / Time's End / Primed & Ready / Destroyers / Phantom of the Galaxy / Steel Killer / In the Night / Island Prisoner / Through You / Primed & Ready / Phantom of the Galaxy / Steel Killer
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